The Bohemian Jay or Chatterer. Garrulus Bohemicus.
Numb. XXVI.
T H I S Bird is as big as a Blackbird; from the Point of the Bill
t6 the End of the Tail nine Inches; Breadth, when the Wings
were extended, eighteen Inches; the Bill is of a greeniih cinereous Colour,
blackiih near the Bafe; the Eyes are of a beautiful red Colour en-
compafled with black; its Head is fomewhat comprefled, of a chefnut
or ferrugineous Colour, adorned with aCreft or Tuft bending backward,
of the fame Colour, the Top more dilute; the Neck is ihort and black
on the fore Part, with a Border of white proceeding from the Bill;
the upper Part of the Neck, Back, and covert Feathers of the Wings of
an amber Colour; the Breaft, Belly, and Thighs more dilute ; the
quill Feathers of the Wings are of a dark aih, inclining to black, the
half of which have their Tips' yellow; the upper ones are white, their
Appendices being like to little Drops of red Sealing-Wax; the fmall pinion
quill Feathers are tipt with white, which make a large white Spot
on the outer Part of the Wing.
The Tail is compofed of twelve blackiih Feathers with yellow Tips ;
the Legs are of a dark brown in fome, of a blueiih black.
This Bird is laid to be peculiar to Bohemia: It feeds on Fruit, eipe-
cially Grapes, which it feems very greedy of. It is of a very hot Temperament,
and exceedingly voracious; flies in Companies and is eafily tamed.
This Bird I drew from the natural Bird preferved by Mr. Jofeph Dan-
dridge.
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